Shloka 8
रावणस्य सभाप्रवेशः — रामस्य शरवृष्ट्या राक्षससेनाविनाशः
Ravana Enters Council; Rama’s Arrow-Storm Destroys the Rakshasa Host
स सङ्ग्रामोमहाभीमस्सूर्यस्यदयनंप्रति ।।।।रक्षसांवानराणां च तुमुलस्समपद्यत ।
sa saṅgrāmo mahābhīmaḥ sūryasyodayanaṃ prati |
rakṣasāṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca tumulaḥ samapadyata ||
Tatkala matahari terbit, pertempuran antara rākṣasa dan vānara itu menjadi amat menggerunkan dan hiruk-pikuk.
"I shall kill him with huge sharp arrows as the world looks at Rama, once his limbs are struck by you."
FAQs
Dharma is pursued in time-bound human struggle; even as the sun rises regularly, moral conflict plays out in the world with grave consequences.
The narrator marks the renewal/intensification of combat at daybreak.
Collective endurance—both armies persist; the epic later privileges endurance in service of Dharma.